Collins, G. E. 1928-2017
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Name (Latin)
Collins, G. E. 1928-2017
Other forms of name
Collins, G. E. (George Edwin), 1928-
Collins, George Edwin, 1928-
Date of birth
1928-01-10
Date of death
2017-11-21
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Memory management (Computer science)
Algebra
Algebra--Data processing
Algorithms
Computer science
Cylindric algebras
Decomposition method
Machine theory
Occupation
College teachers
College department heads
Computer scientists
Mathematicians
College administrators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Computer algebra, c1982:CIP t.p. (G.E. Collins) data sheet (Collins, George Edwin; b. 1/10/28)
Wikipedia description:
George E. Collins (January 10, 1928 in Stuart, Iowa – November 21, 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin) was an American mathematician and computer scientist. He is the inventor of garbage collection by reference counting[G60] and of the method of quantifier elimination by cylindrical algebraic decomposition.[G75] He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1955. He worked at IBM, the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1966–1986) Ohio State University, RISC-Linz, University of Delaware, and North Carolina State University.
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